Diane Joyce Drufenbrock SSSF (7 October 1929 – 4 November 2013),[1] also known as Sister Madeleine Sophie, was an American religious sister as a member of the Catholic School Sisters of St. Francis. She was a Christian socialist who was the vice-presidential candidate for the Socialist Party USA in the 1980 United States presidential election.[2]
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| Born | October 7, 1929 Evansville, Indiana |
| Died | November 4, 2013 (aged 84) Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Political party | Socialist Party USA |
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| Occupation | Professor |
Biography
editDrufenbrock was born in Evansville, Indiana. In 1948, after graduating Reitz Memorial High School, she moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to enter the Franciscan Sisters. A mathematics graduate of Alverno College in 1953[3] and of Marquette University,[4] she taught mathematics at Alverno College, at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside, and elsewhere around Milwaukee, including at the then-new St. Joseph High School (Kenosha) when it opened in September 1957.
Drufenbrock gained a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Illinois at Urbana in 1963. After teaching for 13 years at Alverno College, she taught at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in her native Indiana for 18 years.[5]
Her interest in social issues led her to join the Socialist Party USA in 1976. She ran as their vice-presidential candidate in the 1980 United States presidential election,[6] and served as that party's National Treasurer. That campaign resulted in the Party's recognition by the Federal Elections Commission as a national political party.
Death
editDrufenbrock died on November 4, 2013, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sr. Diane Drufenbrock". Heritage Funeral. Archived from the original on 24 December 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - Candidate - Diane Drufenbrock". Ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ President's Report and Donor Honor Roll Archived 15 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Alverno College.
- ^ "Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science - Marquette University". Mscs.mu.edu. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
- ^ "Diane Drufenbrock". Google Profiles. Archived from the original on 7 June 2015.
- ^ "Drufenbrock, Diane Papers". Milwaukeehistory.net. 18 February 2011. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
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